Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Twin Cities Area
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown